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NEWS OF THE WEIRD Chuck Shepherd
hy are you still alive?” is the question doctors ask Ozzy Osbourne, the hardrock singer and reality-TV star, who said he is now clean and sober after a lifetime of almost unimaginably bad habits. In June, he started two new ventures: undergoing the three-month process of genetic mapping and becoming a “health advice” columnist for London’s Sunday Times. At various points in his life, the now-cholesterolconscious, vegetarian Osbourne said he drank four bottles of cognac a day, smoked cigars like they were cigarettes, took 42 prescribed medications and many more “backstage” drugs that he could not even identify. Osbourne also has a Parkinson’s-like genetic tremor, was once in a medically induced coma after an accident and endured anti-rabies shots after famously biting into a bat on stage.
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Ironies z An intense lightning storm June 14 around Monroe, Ohio, destroyed
the iconic 62-foot-high statue of Jesus (the “King of Kings” structure of the Solid Rock Church) alongside Interstate 75. While townspeople mourned, it was also noteworthy what the lightning bolts completely missed: the large billboard, on the other side of the road, advertising the nearby Hustler Hollywood pornography store. z Despite a scary moment in May, Mass., state Rep. Mike Moran said he still supports “comprehensive” immigration reform (taken to mean that restrictions on illegal immigrants be tempered with a special “path to citizenship” for those already here). Rep. Moran’s car was rearended by illegal immigrant Isaias Naranjo, who was charged with DUI and speeding. According to police, Naranjo, 27, who was dressed in a Mexican party costume, laughed when told of the charges, informing officers that they could do nothing to him since he had already made plans to return to Mexico. z In May, Douglas Ballard and Joseph Foster were indicted for allegedly selling fraudulent loans in exchange for bribes, while they were vice presidents of the Atlanta-area “faithbased” Integrity Bank. The
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bank opened in 2000, touting Christian principles, giving Bibles to new customers and encouraging prayer at employee gatherings. (The bank closed in 2008, thought then merely to be the victim of sour realestate loans, and in fact the bank’s more-spiritual founder, Steven Skow, had left the bank by 2007.)
unknown to the informant, Bud had needed to replace two grams of cocaine from the police evidence locker because he had accidentally spilled something on it, and Tony agreed to help.
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“If Google told you to jump off a cliff, would you?” asked a Fortune magazine columnist, describing the lawsuit Not my fault filed in May by Lauren z (1) British actor Rosenberg, asking for Nicholas Williams, 33, was damages of more than acquitted of domestic $100,000 against Google assault in June even Maps after she was struck though he had, among by a car. Rosenberg had other things, queried the map service “waterboarded” his for a “walking route” girlfriend by pulling her between points in Park shirt over her head and City, Utah, but a short holding her under a stretch of the suggested shower during a two-hour route lacked sidewalks. rampage. Williams Rosenberg was hit while persuaded the judge that walking in the street. the anti-smoking drug Though Google and other Champix made him unable map services “warn” users to control himself or even against walking in the to remember the events of street, Rosenberg’s route that evening. (2) Laith was delivered on her small Sharma, 49, admitted in Blackberry phone screen. June that he had stalked and fixated upon, “for What about our marriage,” a 14-year-old girl in Windsor, Ontario, ‘human rights’? but doctors’ testimony z Update: News of the won him a sentence of Weird reported in 2005 on mere house arrest. Sharma, they said, suffers a Welshman’s invention of from the popularly known the “Mosquito,” a device that emits an irritating, “maple syrup urine pulsating, very-highdisease,” so-called because the excreted scent pitched noise and is marketed to shopkeepers is a marker for brain to drive away loitering damage that prevents children and teenagers, impulse control. since the pitch is audible z Compelling Explanation: Tony Chrum to them but rarely to anyone older than in the was the one apprehended mid-20s. In June, after an for allegedly buying $160 investigation, the Council worth of cocaine from a man who turned out to be of Europe declared the Mosquito a “human rights a police informant in violation,” in that the Lincoln County, Mo., in sounds it emits constitute May, but his brother, who “torture.” is Winfield, Mo., police officer Bud Chrum, 39, was the mastermind. SEND ITEMS to According to police and weirdnews@earthlink.net.
z ART z MUSIC z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z 31; 618 998-8530, mgrafics@ midwest.net or killman@ Nina Kovar Exhibit: Rustle mchsi.com Hill Winery, 8595 U.S. Biki Andres Chaplain: Highway 51, Cobden; through Corridor Gallery, Carbondale July; www.rustlehillwinery. Civic Center; through July 31; com www.bikichaplain.com or Paducah Photo 10: The 618-457-5100 Yeiser Art Center, 200 Traveling display: Broadway St., Paducah; Highlights of SIUC photographs from India, photojournalism project, U of Hungary, Italy, France, I Extension Office, 402 Ava Canada, United Kingdom, as Road, Murphysboro; display well as the United States; features pictures collected hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. during an October workshop Tuesday-Saturday; through documenting a weekend in July 24; www.theyeiser.org Murphysboro; through July; Structure and Harmony — www.southof64.com Abstract Works from the George Ions: Paintings by Permanent Collection: Beal the southern Illinois artist at Grand Corridor Gallery, the Aartful Rose Gallery, 631 Cedarhurst Center for the S. Sprigg St., Cape Girardeau; Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, through July; 573-332-8089 Mount Vernon; includes works or www.rosebedinn.com by Mary Sprague, Paul A Quirky Collection: Oil Krainak, Cheonae Kim, paintings, photography and Herbert Fink and Alfio digital work by Jeremy Bonanno; through July 25; Plemon, Monarch Studios, www.cedarhurst.org Front and Ash streets, Slip and Stitch: Features Cobden; through July; Cedarhurst Clay Club 618-457-7641 or email anthill and Fibers et Al groups, gallery@gmail.com Shrode Art Center, Mixed Media Experiences: Cedarhurst Center for the Sarah Shoot and Class, Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Anthill Gallery & Vintage Road, Mount Vernon; through Curiosities, Cobden; works July 25; www.cedarhurst. also exhibited at The Yellow org Moon Café, downtown Totally Tubular: After Cobden; the students’ art school artists, Cedarhurst exhibited are by Susan Irons, Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Paulette Aronson, Marilyn Richmond Road, Mount Codding Boysen, Cheryl Vernon; through July 25; Connolly, Linda Austin. Bob www.cedarhurst.org Hageman, Makanda, Carolyn Journeys: The Gallery Tschomakoff, Mary O’Hara, Space, Law Office of Joni Julie McCamish and Marsha Beth Bailey, 1008 Walnut St., Gottlieb;The Yellow Moon Murphysboro; by Linda Cafe features Sarah Shoot’s Austin, Kathy Belletire, collages on Tuesdays through Marilyn Codding Boysen, Saturdays; through July; Renee Mavigliano; through 618- 457-7641 or anthill July 30; 618-565-8000 gallery@gmail.com Children in My Family: Voices — Contemporary Framed paintings and Ceramic Art from Sweden: drawings by Marlene Main Gallery, Cedarhurst Webb, front lobby of CASA, Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Benton Square through July; Richmond Road, Mount 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. MondayVernon; contemporary Friday, except holidays; ceramic art in Sweden; 618-927-2804 or cymarw6@ through Aug. 1; 618-242-1236 gmail.com or www.cedarhurst.org Historic Structures & Liberties of Construction: Machinery V: Little Egypt Form, Content & Color, the Arts Centre, downtown artwork of Katherine Taylor square, Marion; through July and Billy Hertz, New Harmony
Displays, Exhibits
Gallery of Contemporary Art, corner of Church and Main streets, New Harmony, Ind; through Aug. 15; 812-6823156 or www.nhgallery.com Abstract and Nonobjective Paintings and Sculptures: From members of Little Egypt Arts Association, Shawnee Community College, 8364 Shawnee College Road, Ullin; main H hallway; through Aug. 20; 1-800-481-2242 Digital Art: By Aloha Romay, Tribeca Restaurant & Gallery, 127 S. 2nd St., Market House Square. Paducah; through Sept. 7; alohafoto graf@gmail.com; plumbart@ bellsouth.net or 270-210-1753 From Humble Beginnings, Lincoln’s Illinois 1830-1861: Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, Whittington; the exhibition presents a perspective of the Illinois Abraham Lincoln found when he entered the state in 1830; through Sept. 26; 618-6292220 or www.museum.state. il.us/ismsites/so-il Gone But Not Forgotten: The Power of Cemeteries: The General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; an overview of cemeteries in rural Southern Illinois during the 19th and early 20th centuries; through Nov. 15; 618-684-3455 or 618-3030569 Carolyn Gassan Plochmann display: Morris Library, SIUC; view the display in the cases outside the Hall of Presidents on the first floor of the library; see artwork in the Special Collections Research Center reading room and other locations within the library; 618-4532516 or http://archives.lib.siu. edu/index.php?pcollections/ controlcard&id2459 Ongoing art exhibit: Featuring photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463 or www.starviewvineyards. com
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z music than any place on earth; toe-tapping listen to Clay Club speaker: Judy Insight Open Studio the American story of multiMason will show photographs Exhibition: Printmaker, Luca cultural exchange; familiar of travels to Thailand, Cruzat, noon-9 p.m. Friday, songs, histories of 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15, July 16, 1001 Chestnut St., instruments, the roles of Shrode Art Center, Murphysboro; also drawings religion and technology and Cedarhurst Center for the by Benjamin Mendez; located musical roots; Chris Vallillo Arts, 2600 E. Richmond behind the Jackson County provides music and Road, Mount Vernon; courthouse; reception 7-9 storytelling opening night; Thailand throwing and firing p.m. Friday; $15; exhibit through Aug. 28; techniques will be discussed; www.lucacruzat.com 618-532-2951 or or www.cedarhurst.org New Harmonies: www.centraliaarts.org Olympian art presenter: Celebrating American Roots Nuturebynature: Skip Cutting, 7 p.m. Music, Smithsonian Traveling Photography by Gina Thursday, July 22, Little Exhibit, opening night Soprano, Central Showcase Egypt Arts Association reception, 6:30 p.m. at Realty Central, 1825 W. Gallery, 601 Tower Square Saturday, July 17, Community Main St., Murdale Shopping Plaza, Marion; Cutting, a Arts Center, corner of Center Carbondale; past Olympian, will discuss Pleasant and Rexford streets, reception, 4-6 p.m. Friday and present his Olympian Centralia; features America July 30; gallery hours, 9 a.m.Art. as the birthplace of more 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and
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Workshop Good Shepherd Painting Workshop/Ladies’ Night Out: Artist Missy Carstens of Marion will be leading a one night ladies’ beginning painting workshop, 6-9:30 p.m. Friday, July 30, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1801 Westminster Drive, north of Marion High School; $25; designed for people with little or no painting experience; fundraiser for Good Shepherd youth; reserve by July 20 at 618997-0421 or allencarstens@ verizon.net
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Marion-area rockers headline Rend Lake show Friday Chicago’s Mathien to play Friday at Tres Hombres BENTON — Radioactive Society will headline a free concert Friday at Rend Lake Amphitheater on Rend City Road in Benton. Indie-rockers CODA will open the show at 7 p.m. Radioactive Society will
follow with a blend of cover songs and originals. Mike Lynch (guitars and vocals), Joey Elias (drums), Kyler Crider (guitar) and Drew Ebelhar (bass) performed July 4 at the Best Dam BarB-Q Cook Off at the Rend
Lake Visitor Center. Also included in the weekend’s slate of events is a free live birds of prey show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Rend Lake Visitor Center. — The Southern
CARBONDALE — Chicago indie-rockers Mathien will play 11:30 p.m. shows Friday and Saturday at Tres Hombres on North Washington Street in Carbondale. There will be a $5 cover
Cache River to play a great mix of music Saturday night at The Blue Boar Keven Breeden. Two weeks before COUNTRY New Year’s Eve, lead singer Jeff Mears SCENE Vince Hoffard announced he was leaving the popular southern rock band Plain Strange. Breeden was also a Cache River member of the group. 7 p.m. Saturday, July 17, The tandem of Mears The Blue Boar, behind and Breeden knew they would embark on a new Great Boars of Fire, 920 project, but there was Kratzinger Hollow Road, definitely no timetable for Anna; for more info, completion. 800-440-4489 or “We just wanted to 618-833-5858. hand pick the best guys available,” Mears says. tapled to a wall is a A key piece to the proposed set list. A puzzle was quickly black magic marker located when drummer has been used to scratch Greg Hubbs came on out old songs and add board Jan. 5. Hubbs has new ones as five of the been a local fixture for best musicians from decades playing with the area scramble to put Cimarron, The Wayback together a two-hour Machine and multiple show for a fast times for Gary Jones, approaching debut before moving to performance. Nashville and touring It’s late Monday night nationally. and the clocking is After several failed ticking. Renditions of attempts at finding a lead tunes by Zac Brown, guitarist, the band Stevie Ray Vaughn and stumbled on a diamond in Waylon Jennings are the rough with Jeff flawless. Others need a Simmons. little work. The vocals are A virtual child prodigy either a little too fast or that played in area clubs the instrumental timing is while still in grade school, a little off. he has basically spent the One thing is for certain. past eight years The talent in the band is practicing in his extraordinary and the basement. band Cache River will be a “There is a big different dominating force in in playing out in clubs and playing scales at Southern Illinois for a home,” Simmons says. long time. Mears says Simmons is “We started putting a “guitar monster.” this thing together Rounding out the back in December,” colorful cast is low-keyed says keyboardist
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bass player Jeff Landis, formerly of the band Southbound. “This is a great opportunity. I’m glad I could help the guys out,” says Landis, who was a band mate with Mears several years ago in Strange Brew. Cache River will make its first public appearance at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Blue Boar, a new restaurant on the outskirts of Anna, located behind The Great Boars of Fire at 920 Kratzinger Hollow Road. The concert is creating a buzz among area music fans. “We’ve had a great response,” says Blue Boar spokeman Bob Folmbelle. “I received 65 reservations 15 minutes after announcing the show our website.” Mears says his musical taste has evolved over the past several years. “We’re going to play a lot of outlaw country,” he says. “The music of Waylon Jennings forms the roots of the listening habits for our age group. His songs have attitude and make bold statements. We want to follow closely in his footsteps.” Breeden says the band has had a dozen marathon practices and will be prepared for opening night. “We’re basically a cover band, but we are going to have a style all our own,” Breeden says.
“We are going to put a creative twist on certain songs and make them unique to Cache River. Anyone can cover Zac Brown’s ‘Chickenfried,’ but we do it reggae style. We have a few other surprises up our sleeve. With the talent level in this band, we have unlimited potential.” Hubbs says the band has made enormous progress, but still has a lot of work to do before tackling the grueling four-hour sets expected by club owners. “We can knock out all the old standards that you are expected to play every night,” Hubbs says. “The fun part now its getting to learn the songs you always wanted to play.” Mears says the focus for the band is having fun. “Everybody in the band has a full time job. We’re not doing this for the money,” Mears says. “We just want to get together and have a good time on stage. Hopefully that will carry over to the audience and we can take them along for the ride.” Opening the show Saturday will be an acoustic performance by Heath Holloman and Dave Simmons. VINCE HOFFARD can be
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charge to attend either show. Recently nominated for “Best New Entertainer” honors by the Chicago Music Awards, Mathien is touring in support of its album “Hello Again.” Frontman
Chris Mathien, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumnus, is just as comfortable singing a ballad as he performing hip-hop for this multifaceted quartet. — The Southern
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Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Howlin’ at the Moon: Jam and open mic night hosted by John Vitt and Ray Hogan, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 17, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233; also Terry Whipple of Whipple Creek Guitars is raffling handmade guitar to benefit the Gulf Coast Audubon Society to help combat the gulf oil spill; www.whipplecreekguitars.com Tim ‘The Magic Man’ Needham: Magician, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Fat Patties, 611B S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-529-3287
Wineries Kevin Lucas Orchestra: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Bruce Zimmerman: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery J Brown & The Workin’ Man’s Blues Band: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Ivas John: 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Von Jakob Vineyard Larry Dillard w/Sharon Clark 5-9 p.m. Saturday, StarView Vineyards Whistle Pigs 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle
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Ramesse: Mixed Company, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MOUNT VERNON The Tavern on 10th: Snake Lane Revue THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country Band, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country Sidekicks, 7:30-10:30 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The. Heartland Country Band, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Black Lace Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
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CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Rock U PK’s: Delta Tres Hombres: Mathien, 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION John Brown’s on the Square: Skinny Jim & The #9 Blacktops, 8:3011:30 p.m. Mollie’s: Roger Black & the Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboys, 7:30 p.m.
CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Funky Monks, tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers, 10:30 p.m. PK’s: 40 Watt Flood/Catfish Rodeo/Jackhead Tres Hombres: The Whistle Pigs, 10 p.m.- 1 a.m. DU QUOIN Timeout Sports Bar: Hunter, Halstead, Shreve & Steeb HERRIN Park Plaza Pub: Adam Williams, 9 p.m. JOHNSTON CITY Linemen’s Lounge: Hargrove Junkshun, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
MARION Marion Eagles: Misty Mountain, 8 p.m.midnight. Ramesse: Mixed Company, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Woody & The Night Hawks, 7-10 p.m. The Tavern on 10th: Capone THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7:30-10:30 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Nice & Easy Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
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Handsome Fest to intensify Carbondale music scene Handsome Fest Friday and Saturday in Carbondale; Handsome Fest features more than a dozen bands at three venues; weekend passes are $15, single-show advance tickets $8, singleshow tickets are $10 day of show; tickets for sale at Plaza Records in Carbondale, P-Mac Music in Carbondale and Cape Girardeau and at www.handsomefest.com.
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Handsome Fest times, venues and bands z 10 p.m. Friday, Gatsby’s II, 610 S. Illinois Ave.: Tweak Bird, Thomas Function, Bass Drum of Death, Mr. Free & Satellite Freakout; z 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Town Square Pavilion: PUJOL, Apache Dropout, Uh-Oh; z 10 p.m. Saturday, Club Traz, 213 E. Main St.: The Coathangers, YellowFever, Natural Child, Predator, Diarrhea Planet. BY D.W. NORRIS THE SOUTHERN
CARBONDALE — The Carbondale music scene has been kind of safe and boring lately despite having some good bands. A handful of venues which once hosted live music have disappeared and good luck finding anything new. It’s been a lot of the same people playing a lot of the same songs at pretty much the same places — until this weekend. Carbondale 20-somethings David Allen, Tracy Robinson and Ashton Leech are gambling on the local music scene with the first-ever Handsome Fest, an oddly named amalgamation of bands and venues
stretched over two days. The fest kicks off at 10 p.m. Friday at Gatsby’s II on the Strip, returns at 4 p.m. Saturday with a free concert at the Town Square Pavilion and then crashes to a close starting at 10 p.m. Saturday at Club Traz on East Main. Leech is not only one of the event’s coordinators, he’s also playing in the band Tweak Bird with his brother, Caleb, on Friday at Gatsby’s. Allen runs Skihouse Media, a do-it-yourself recording venue in Carbondale. They were driving forces behind the fest. “It’s really their idea and they just kind of roped me in,” said Robinson, who has a ‘zine and substitute teaches. “It’s been fun, but also stressful. There are a lot of different things that we hadn’t thought of that kind of became problems.” More than a dozen bands from around America are coming to town, but the welcome wagon has been on cinder blocks
rock ’n‘ roll. Mississippi’s Bass Drum of Death, a duet which played at SXSW in Austin, and Mr. Free & Satellite Freakout, a costumed, quirky and killer band from Tucson, Ariz., touring in support of its album “Guru Gaga.” Saturday’s afternoon lineup includes Nashville-based PUJOL, in a hillbilly’s front yard. While sponsorship fronted by the constantly recording has been good, $8 advance tickets and $15 Daniel Pujol, the neo-psychedelic Apache weekend passes haven’t been moving as Dropout from Bloomington, Ind., and quickly as expected. Those sales need to Milwaukee’s Uh-Oh. Five bands take the rally when they switch from advance to Club Traz stage Saturday night: The day-of and move to $10. Coathangers, a female pop-punk quartet Advance tickets for the Friday and from Atlanta that puts on high-energy Saturday night shows can be purchased at show; Austin, Texas-based art rockers Plaza Records in Carbondale, P-Mac Music YellowFever; PUJOL cohort WEZ and his in Cape Girardeau and Carbondale, and at three-piece rock band Natural Child from www.handsomefest.com. How things go Nashville, Tenn.; Predator, an Atlanta this weekend won’t break anybody punk band; and, Diarrhea Planet, punk involved, but it could influence whether rockers from Nashville, Tenn. In addition to there’s a Handsome Fest II in 2011. boxcars full of music, there will be games “It’s one of those things where it might be and raffles at each venue, along with hard to eat for a couple months,” Leech outdoor activities planned at the pavilion. said, “but it’s been worth it.” “It’s not going to be your average show,” Doors at Gatsby’s II open at 9 p.m. Robinson said. Friday for Tweak Bird. Also on the playbill And it’s not going to be safe. are Alabama alchemists Thomas Function, who play a mishmash of punk, dw.norris@thesouthern.com country, blues, new wave and straight-up 618-351-5074
Shaggy Wonda set to rock this week’s Sunset Concert on the Shryock steps CARBONDALE — Rockfunk quartet Shaggy Wonda takes to the Shryock Auditorium steps at 7 p.m. today, for this week’s Sunset Concert. The Bloomington, Ind., rockers have been compared to The Black Crowes, Blind Melon and Government Mule. The band has toured the Midwest for about eight months in support of its 2009 CD “Real World Shaker,” which has gotten play on
about 150 radio stations nationwide. Formed in 2006, Shaggy Wonda played SXSW in Austin, Texas, this year and has toured with Ekoostic Hookah, JJ Grey and Mofro, and Oteil and the Peacemakers. Shaggy Wonda plays a mix of original material and covers of such artists as The Allman Brothers, The Beatles and Bruce Springsteen. — The Southern
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The Stage Co. presents Mark Twain’s clasic, ‘Tom Sawyer’ ‘Tom Sawyer’ 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, July 22, 23, 24; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 24, 25; Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; $10 adults, $5 children younger than 18; tickets: box office open 5-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday and one hour before every performance; call 800838-3006 or go to www.stagecompany.org. BY D.W. NORRIS THE SOUTHERN
CARBONDALE — Mark Twain is one of the most popular writers in American history with classic tales and even more memorable characters. The Stage Co. takes on one of Twain’s bestknown stories and characters when it stages “Tom Sawyer,” July 22 through 25 at the Varsity Center for the Arts on South Illinois Avenue in Carbondale. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children younger than 18 years, and can be purchased at the Varsity box office, at www.stage company.org, or by calling 800-838-3006. Directed by Catherine Field and adapted for stage by Dr. Christian Moe and Cameron Garbutt, “Tom Sawyer” is family entertainment with an edge. “This is a kid (Tom Sawyer) who lies, he cheats, he steals and some of the characters are less
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‘Inception’ a four-star mind trip Inception **** Rated PG-13 for violence and action throughout; starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy and Michael Caine; directed by Christopher Nolan; opening Friday at Showplace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. BY RANDY MYERS MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
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Benjamin Ponce (above, as Tom Sawyer) talks to characters off stage during a dress rehearsal Friday, July 9, at Varsity Center for the Arts. Becky Shaffer (below, as Aunt Polly) reacts to finding a snake.
than reputable,” Field said. “There’s the town drunk, there’s a murderer — this is kind of an unlikely topic for a family show, but being that it’s Mark Twain, of course, the real point isn’t to glorify these things but to show how these thoughtful, resourceful kids deal with the things that come their way.” Known for its wit and colorful language, Twain’s work presents challenges when adapted to the stage. Moe, a professor emeritus in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Theater Department, said he and Garbutt tried to stay as true to Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” as they could. “What we did was keep the incidents in the story that the people who were familiar with it would recognize and expect to see,” Moe said. “And, also, to keep enough of the incidents in the story, and characters, so the people who were not familiar with the story would understand.” Actors on Friday rehearsed the wellknown fence painting scene in which the mischievous Tom gets his friends to trade trinkets for the “fun” chore of painting a fence. They also practiced scenes in which Tom clumsily pursues his love interest, Becky Thatcher. Cast as the title character, Benjamin Ponce said the role of Tom presented challenges beyond knocking off the rust
Finally, the summer movie party graces us with its presence. Christopher Nolan’s knock-youout-of-your-seat “Inception” is the blockbuster we’ve all been thirsting for, a sleek brain twister that makes the other 2010 mainstream releases look puny, drab and empty-headed in comparison. As he did with “The Dark Knight,” Nolan crafts a brilliant piece of slick, tantalizing entertainment — a
cinematic chess match that demands focus and smarts from an audience that’s been jonesing for the same kind of mind-blowing film experience since the we first got with “Matrix.” That wish comes true with “Inception.” From a trippy opening dream sequence to a pulse-pounding finale that’s a delirious mash-up of a James Bond flick and a Philip K. Dick novel, the sci-fi thriller seductively holds you in its clutches. Not since James Cameron’s “Avatar,” have I been in a theater where an audience so thoroughly surrendered itself to what was transpiring on-screen. Not one white light flared up to signal a text in progress. Not one person rudely transformed into a blabbermouth. You could barely even hear an intake of air. SEE ‘INCEPTION’ / PAGE 10
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after more than three years away from the stage. “My biggest problem is, I was playing Tom Sawyer way too young,” Ponce said. “He was acting like he was 5 years old, and he was 12 years old. To nail that awkward age that, we all weren’t thinking about it, it just happened and was gone, that was probably the hardest thing about it.”
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‘INCEPTION’: Is mind-blowing, a great movie FROM PAGE 9 But “Inception” is a better film than “Avatar.” While it’s stunning visually, “Inception” dazzles us not with technology, but with smarts, immersing us deep, deep into the dreamscapes craftily manufactured by Nolan and his cast of
rich characters. Blithely summarized, “Inception’s” plot would seem confusing and impenetrable. Confusing? No doubt, and that what makes the film so enjoyable, as we try to tease and puzzle out what is really going on. Nolan guides us through his dizzying maze and demands that we
pay attention. I won’t delve too far into the plot since giving away bits and pieces robs you of the fun. So here’s a cursory overview: A team of dream raiders for hire led by Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) attempt the risky proposition of planting an idea into the subconscious of an
business empire heir (Cillian Murphy, the Scarecrow in “Batman Begins”). The team includes: the haunted extractor (DiCaprio); the calm point man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a model planner whose feathers rarely get ruffled; the architect (Ellen Page), the upstart new recruit who draws up the visuals of dreams and seeks to find out what makes Cobb tick; the tourist (Ken
Watanabe) who bankrolls the endeavor and wants to be involved in the process; the forger (Tom Hardy), who can assume the identity of others in dreams; and the chemist (Dileep Rao), who sedates the team and serves as their driver. The cast is impeccable, with DiCaprio, who proves with each movie that he’s matured into one of our finest actors. We know early on that
Dom has secrets to spare — especially a wife who haunts his subconscious. DiCaprio shrewdly reveals the extent of his guilt and desperation as the story evolves. Page gives a refreshing and different performance, not relying on wisecracks as a means to create a character. Simply put, mainstream moviemaking just doesn’t get any better than “Inception.”
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Mencia. PG-13 (some sexual content and brief strong profanity) The Bounty Hunter *½ A divorced couple, one a bounty hunter, team to investigate a murder. With Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Christine Baranski. PG-13 (sexual content including suggestive comments, profanity and some violence)
Greenberg ***½ An aimless and single 40-year-old guy on the verge of a breakdown flees to Los Angeles, where he falls for his brother’s personal assistant. With Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh. R (some strong sexuality, drug use and profanity) Chloe **½ A wife’s ploy to test her husband’s faithfulness
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‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ conjures up OK fun The Sorcerer’s Apprentice ** Rated PG for violence; starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Alice Krige, Teresa Palmer; directed by Jon Turteltaub; opening Friday at Showplace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. BY RICK BENTLEY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
The biggest problem with “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is a lack of magic. Based loosely on “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” sequence from the 1940 animated classic “Fantasia,” the film tells the story of Balthazar (Nicolas Cage), an apprentice of Merlin, who is searching for a sorcerer with the skills of King Arthur’s magician. He finds the magical heir in the nerdish Dave (Jay Baruchel). The two team up to stop the sinister Horvath (Alfred Molina) from releasing the even more sinister Morgana (Alice Krige) from her nesting doll prison. Director Jon Turteltaub
Nicolas Cage (left) and Alfred Molina star in ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.’
selected what he thought were the right ingredients to cast a spell over moviegoers, but he never gets the mixture to work. There are a few good — but not magical — action sequences. But
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OK, but he is close to getting permanently typecast as a nerd who always gets the hot girl (Teresa Palmer). His work is like seeing the same card trick for the 10th time. Five screenwriters were involved with the film and it shows. It bounces from comedy to drama to love story for a mishmash that’s about as interesting as a magician trying to saw a lady in half. The opening flashback, in particular, looks like it was added from a different movie. It was an asinine decision to base the film on Mickey Mouse’s sorcerer in “Fantasia.” Except for the idea that a sorcerer has taken an apprentice and a sequence with dancing mops, the two productions have nothing in STUDIO common. So why set yourself up for comparisons? Turteltaub’s effort suffers from serious and comically silly. a forced storyline, melodramatic Either way, there’s nothing acting and misplaced comedy. All special in Cage’s performance. could have been forgiven if there He looks like a third-rate street were a glimmer of the magic magician with his long coat and pronounced in this film’s original mystical hand waving. Baruchel’s inspiration.
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